Nigeria: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

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 Nigeria

Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day

 Latest value 30.90
 Year 2018
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1985 - 2018
 Average 42.30
 Min - Max 30.90 - 58.40
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2018 is 30.9 percent, a decline from 32.3 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 5.29 percent, based on data from 90 countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from 1985 to 2018 is 42.3 percent. The minimum value, 30.9 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 58.4 percent was recorded in 1996. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

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